Shalini Periyalwar (M’ 89) received the BEng degree in electrical engineering from Bangalore University in 1981, the M.A.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Dalhousie University (formerly Technical University of Nova Scotia), Halifax, Canada, in 1987 and 1992, respectively.

During 1991–1994, Dr. Periyalwar held a Nortel-Government sponsored Assistant/Research Professor position in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Dalhousie University. Since 1998, she has been an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University’s Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, where she is co-supervising students on topics addressing next generation wireless research. She held NSERC Discovery Grant awards from 1992-1997 and from 2007-2011.

From 1994-2006, Dr. Periyalwar held various research positions at Nortel, delivering innovation for supporting business goals. She led teams that contributed radio resource management algorithms in Nortel’s North American TDMA and CDMA product evolution. She initiated systems research projects in OFDMA and multihop relays and also contributed to the wireless mesh product. Her research contributions have influenced prototype development, enabled standards contributions, and demonstrated innovation to wireless operators. During 2006-2010, Dr. Periyalwar was self-employed as a consultant and also provided e-learning training courses on wireless topics. She has been a Research Advisor in the Advanced Technology group at Research in Motion from 2010-2012 where she has continued to research next generation wireless networks.

Dr. Periyalwar has over 40 US patents, several patents pending and over 40 refereed papers. Her research interests address next-generation wireless solutions including system design, wireless network protocols and resource management algorithms.